Understanding innovation through exaptation. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Caterina AM La Porta, Stefano Zapperi, Luciano Pilotti, editors.
• Other Names: La Porta, Caterina, 1966-; Zapperi, Stefano; Pilotti, Luciano
• Contents: Intro -- Preface: Why Read This Book -- Contents -- The Evolution of Exaptation, and How Exaptation Survived Dennett's Criticism -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Exaptation: A Brief Archaeology -- 2.1 A Dialectic Between Functions and Forms -- 2.2 Contingency and Exaptation in a Hierarchical Perspective -- 2.3 Niche Construction as a Critique of the Adaptationist Programme -- 3 Dennett's Defence of the Panglossian Paradigm -- 3.1 The Critiques of the Concept of Exaptation in DDI -- 4 Exaptation as an Operational Concept -- 5 From Bacteria to Bach and the Conceptual Objections 5.1 The Concept of Umwelt and Its Relationship to Natural Selection -- 5.2 Dennett's 'Conversion' on the Brain-Computer Metaphor -- 6 Conclusion: Homo Sapiens as an Exaptive Species -- 7 Attributions -- References -- Nature-Inspired Optimization Methods: How Ants, Bees, Cuckoos, and Other Friends May Improve the Work of Mathematicians -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Swarm Intelligence Algorithms -- 2.1 The Smell of Ants -- 2.2 Bees and Flowers -- 2.3 Bats and Their Sonars -- 2.4 Grey Wolf Life -- 3 Evolutionary Algorithms -- 3.1 Genetic Algorithms -- 3.2 The Terrible Cuckoo -- References Exaptation in Physics and Materials Science -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Exaptation in Theoretical Physics -- 3 Materials Genomes: Accelerating Evolution-Accelerating Exaptation -- 4 Biologically Inspired Materials -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Exaptation for the Good and the Bad: Regeneration and Cancer -- 1 The Most Important Ingredients of Regeneration -- 2 Exaptation in Regeneration -- 3 Most Important Ingredients of Cancer -- 4 Exaptation in Cancer -- 5 Exaptation and the Era of Big Data in Biomedicine -- 6 Acknowledgments -- References -- Quantifying Exaptation in Scientific Evolution 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Exaptation in Science and Technology -- 2 Methodology -- 2.1 Quantifying Exaptation -- 3 Results -- 4 Discussion -- References -- Exaptation and Beyond: Multilevel Function Evolution in Biology and Technology -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Two Exemplary Cases -- 2.1 A Biological Revolution: Breathing Animals -- 2.2 A Technological Revolution: The Bow-and-Arrow -- 3 Multilevel Functions and Their Evolution in Biology -- 3.1 Multilevel Function, a Vertical Description of Biological Complexity -- 3.2 Multifunction, an Attempt to Raise Complexity Horizontally 3.3 Multifunction at Multilevel, Multilevel Exaptations -- 4 The Role of Exaptation in Technological Evolution -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- The Role of Affordance Landscapes in Exaptive Innovations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Background -- 2.1 Affordance Landscape -- 3 Discussion -- 3.1 The Discovery of New Uses -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Mapping Exaptation as Source of Smart Specialization in European Regional Policy Between Tacitness and Codification -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Exaptation: Genesis of the Concept -- 3 Drivers of Exaptation -- 4 Measuring Exaptation
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 600; Technological innovations; Life sciences: general issues; Evolution; Oncology; Urban & municipal planning; Statistical physics; Science -- Life Sciences -- Biophysics; Science -- Life Sciences -- Evolution; Medical -- Oncology; Architecture -- Urban & Land Use Planning; Science -- Physics; Technological innovations; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030457846; 3030457842
• Related ISBNs: 3030457834; 9783030457839
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.